Neoplatonism General Characterization Neoplatonism was the dominant philosophical current in late antiquity, and it had a lasting influence in the Middle Ages when it was adopted by Christian and Muslim thinkers. The term Neoplatonism was coined in the...

NEOPLATONISM is the Platonic philosophy interpreted by Plotinus (205–270 CE), systematized in his Enneads and further developed by others through the sixth century. From the first century BCE, the "divine Plato" had been revived as...

Causation in Islamic Philosophy According to the Qurʾanic position, God is the voluntary creator of the universe. In causal theory, one finds an apparently necessary connection between cause and effect. Islamic philosophy experiences a profound...

Neoplatonism [addendum] When Islam took over the Middle East it came into contact with a flourishing local culture heavily influenced by Greek thought. As far as philosophy was concerned, neoplatonism was the leading approach. For example, many of the...

. Various groups of philosophers influenced by Plotinus (AD 205–70) and claiming Platonic inspiration. Plotinus in his Enneads claimed to interpret and develop PLATO, basing himself especially on certain passages suggesting that reality is...

Form of Platonism developed by Plotinus in the 3rd century &AD; and modified by his successors. It came to dominate the Greek philosophical schools and remained predominant until the teaching of philosophy by pagans ended in the late 6th century. It...

Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school of religious and mystical philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD, founded by Plotinus and based on the teachings of Plato and earlier Platonists. The term was first coined by...